James Cruze
Directing
Biography
No biography available for James Cruze.
Born: March 27, 1884
Place of Birth: Ogden, Utah, USA
Known For
Johnny Get Your Gun
While Bill Burnham is jailed for drunkenly shooting up the town, he receives a letter saying that his father has died, his sister Janet is about to marry a worthless count, and the family fortune is in danger. Unable to leave, he convinces his friend, Johnny Wiggins, a motion picture cowboy, to go to his home in Palm Beach, which Bill left as a boy, and impersonate him.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
The Cry of the Children
An indictment of the evils of child labor, the film was controversial in its time for its use of actual footage of children employed in a working mill.
Joseph in the Land of Egypt
Film realization of the Biblical story of Joseph, played here by future director James Cruze.
The Marble Heart
Outside the door of the home of a sculptor and his mother, fell a poor, friendless young girl. They took the girl in and cared for her, and as time went on the mother began to regard her as her daughter. The son regarded the affectionate advances of the girl with only brotherly love. But there came a time when the misgivings of the son changed, for he began to pay scant attentions to a young beauty he met at a reception and who was characterized as a woman with a heart "cold as marble." This piqued the beauty, who was accustomed to abject adulation. She determined to bring him to her feet and in this she succeeded. She offered to pose for him, and, spurred on by such a splendid model and her praises, he produced a figure which was acclaimed by all the critics as a masterpiece.
The Tiniest of Stars
Family drama of a a brother and sister who take to the stage.
Star of Bethlehem
Following a bright wandering star, three magi from the East travel to Bethlehem of Judea to meet a very special newborn baby. Meanwhile, King Herod, driven by a hideous prophecy, orders him to be found and murdered.
When the Studio Burned
A recreation of the Thanhouser Studio fire of 13 January 1913, it includes the rescue of a small child from the flaming building.
The Snowbird
John Wheeler (Warren Cook) gets himself in some financial hot water and needs to prove that he is half owner of some land in Canada. But the only person with a copy of the deed is Jean Corteau (Edwin Carewe, who also directed), and Corteau has gone up to the property and decided to claim all of it for himself.
Tannhäuser
Dramatic three-reel film based on Wagner's opera of chivalry and spiritual struggle. Wandering minstrel Tannhauser wins the heart of Elizabeth, niece of the powerful Landgrave. Later, under the spell of Venus and her nymphs, Tannhauser passes into Venusberg, a netherworld of earthly pleasures. Returning to the Landgrave's court, he praises Venus in song and sparks the righteous anger of all present. His own prayers and those of Elizabeth free him from enchantment and he takes up the habit of a monk, devoting himself to God. He sets off to seek absolution in Rome while Elizabeth waits at court, ever weakening in his absence.
Filmography
as The Duke of Bullconia
as 'Foxy' Stillmore
as Langlois
as Jinx
as Wing Lung
as Simp Calloway
as Koro Leon
as Gale Morgan
as Janzo
as Ozmun
as Ferdinand Vaslof
as Tom Wilson
as Jack Spaulding
as Bruce Mitchell
as Hassam Ali / Jim Baird, Reporter
as Lord Trevor
as Lord Trevor
as Joseph
as James Dacres
as Jim Norton - Newspaper Reporter
as Sir Henry
as Tannhauser
as The Young Artist
as Raphael
as The Actor
as Ghost in Armor
as Leonatus
as A Young Clubman
as Self
as The Musician
as Micah / Joseph
as Albert as an Older Man, Rose's Lover
as Lord Alfred
as Edith's Husband
as Jack as an adult
as Huldbrand, the Knight
as The Husband
as Captain John Neil
as The Convict / Lover
as The working father
as The Millionaire
as The Daughter's Sweetheart
as Archibald Carlyle
as Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde
as Leo Vincey / Kallikrates
as Steerforth